No, we’re not the first people to make that joke about a trip to Kathmandu (and beyond in Nepal). But Seth is there now and having way too much fun so we’re talking about it and lots of other fun travel news as well.
DLD 265: A luxury CRJ200 experience
- October 24, 2019
- Tagged as: 777X, 787-9, A220, A350, Airbus, Boeing, business class, Companion Pass, CRJ200, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, LAX, London, Los Angeles, loyalty, Lyft, New York City, PaxEx, premium cabin, priority boarding, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SkyMiles, SkyMiles Select, Southwest Airlines, subscription, Swiss, SYD, Sydney, Uber, ULH, ultra long haul
Is there such a thing as a nice CRJ200 ride? And why might a new world’s longest flight be a bad idea?? Plus another top tier got harder to realize and LAX is moving its pickup zone outside the terminal loop.
DLD 252: Ventures and Dream(liner)s
- July 25, 2019
- Tagged as: 787, A350, American Airlines, Australia, Bangkok, British Airways, business class, Cairo, Dreamliner, hotels, ICN, Incheon, JAL, joint venture, lounges, podcast, Polaris, Premium Economy, Premium Plus, Qantas, Seoul, United Airlines
New Dreamliner configurations, a new deal for collusion and an awesome 747 fly-by, all part of the excitement in this week’s show!
DLD 250: Real problems, real penalties
- July 11, 2019
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, A320neo, A350, A350 XWB, A350-1000, American Airlines, Bhutan, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, DEN, Denver, dining, fines, Flynas, GDPR, LAS, Las Vegas, Norwegian, routes, Virgin Atlantic, Zagreb
Big fines for airlines, big meal service changes and big new aircraft plans highlight this weeks show!
DLD 249: It’s a Small World
- July 4, 2019
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, 787-9, A321XLR, A350, A350 XWB, A350-900, Air France, American Airlines, Austria, Chase, China, credit cards, Joon, Paris Air Show, PAS19, routes, South African Airways, train, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines
Longer range, more bugs, co-brand battles and a melted plane lead this week’s episode, with lots more also in the show. C’mon in!
As award charts disappear is loyalty following them out the door? Plus a new A350 cabin and more MAX grounding discussions.
DLD 207: Second guessing Singapore
- August 23, 2018
- Tagged as: A350, Air Canada, China, EWR, Los Angeles, Newark, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Twitter, ULH, United Airlines, Washington DC
Will the Singapore-Newark route really fly? Some of us are more skeptical than others. Plus, United’s new elite status for corporations, body scanner cameras for the subway, gentrification sucks, Twitter sucks, US traffic from China tanked and more.
DLD 181: Akbar’s busy week
- February 22, 2018
- Tagged as: A350, A350 XWB, A350-1000, Air Canada, Air Italy, AvGeek, Hamburg, Meridiana, PaxEx, Qatar Airways, United Airlines
Rebranding an airline is a lot of work. So is throwing a ridiculous party for a new aircraft subtype. Welcome to Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker’s week. Plus more Rouge, a mini United and flying electric cars.
DLD 178: The Dots & Lines Memorial Episode
- February 1, 2018
- Tagged as: A350, A350-1000, Air Berlin, bankruptcy, Boeing, Bombardier, business class, CSeries, Los Angeles, Niki, PaxEx, Portugal, Qatar Airways, QSuite, United Airlines, wifi
Naming a stadium costs big bucks. And when the name is poorly phrased that can be all sorts of awkward as United is discovering. Niki gets another new owner, Bombardier won and Qatar faces up to some challenges.
DLD 158: Backing off Basic + LCC Cash Concerns
- September 7, 2017
- Tagged as: A350, A350 XWB, Airbus, Delta, Delta Air Lines, economy class, Gatwick, JFK, LCC, LGW, London, Norwegian, Trip Report, United, United Airlines
Come fly across the Atlantic with the crew on an LCC (in Y!) and talk about United’s newly revised A350 order, the evolution of Basic Economy and many US airlines scaling back revenue hopes for 2017.
